Shloka 24
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
स च पृष्टो मया प्राह सन्ति विन्ध्ये महाचले ।
द्रोणपुत्रा महात्मानस् ते वक्ष्मन्त्यर्थविस्तरम् ॥
sa ca pṛṣṭo mayā prāha santi vindhye mahācale / droṇaputrā mahātmānas te vakṣmanty arthavistaram
جب میں نے اس سے سوال کیا تو اس نے جواب دیا—عظیم کوہِ وِندھیا پر درون کے عالی ہمت فرزند ہیں؛ وہ تمہیں اس معاملے کی پوری تفصیل سے توضیح کریں گے۔
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FAQs
Knowledge is to be sought from appropriate authorities: when one teacher indicates that others are better placed to expound a topic, the seeker should approach those qualified expositors. The verse models humility in instruction and diligence in inquiry.
This verse is primarily part of the Purāṇic frame-narrative and does not directly present one of the five (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Indirectly, it supports vaṃśa/lineage consciousness by referencing a teacher-line (Droṇa’s sons/descendants) as transmitters of tradition.
Vindhya as ‘mahācala’ can symbolize the stable inner ground where instruction is received; the ‘sons of Droṇa’ symbolize disciplined mastery (Droṇa as archetypal guru of martial/technical knowledge). The ‘artha-vistara’ indicates that truth unfolds by stages through successive guides rather than in a single utterance.